diogenesian discourse

The keyboard is mightier than the machine gun... The political, philosophical and general outpourings of a troubled soul living in Australia and blogging his Vietnam veteran's head off.

Nothing in this blog can be believed. If you think that
anything in this blog is true or factual, you'll need to verify
it from another source. Do you understand? No? Then read it again,
and repeat this process, until you understand that you cannot sue
me for anything you read here. Also, having been sucked into taking
part in the mass-murder of more than 3 million Vietnamese people
on behalf of U.S. Big Business "interests", I'm as mad as a cut snake (and broke) so it might be a bit silly to try to sue me anyway...

Saturday, February 19, 2005

they've nobbled the high court...

Michael Pelly writes in the Sydney Morning Herald:

The High Court has been remade in John Howard's image. It is now so legally conservative that Michael Kirby has become the biggest outsider in the court's history.

Professor George Williams, of the University of NSW, also says the pattern of decisions from last year shows a "gang of four" is emerging: the Chief Justice, Murray Gleeson, and justices William Gummow, Kenneth Hayne and Dyson Heydon.

The counter shown below displays the number of Israeli military personnel refusing to serve in the Occupied Territories. I applaud their integrity and their strength of character. To me they are heroes of peace and humanity.